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Walt Disney World Resort Lands on Google Earth: the Next Best Thing to Being There
Is it just me or does the new version of Google Earth not stop for more than a few seconds for you too ? I enter Disney World and see the ears for 3d show. SOMETIMES I have enough time to click a "world" but either way I shortly end up ' bouncing a round the earth' : Germany - Indiana- California for a few seconds then moves me somewhere else. Java update ? Anyone else have problem with it ? |
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Walt Disney World Resort Lands on Google Earth: the Next Best Thing to Being There
"- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. Is it just me or does the new version of Google Earth not stop for more than a few seconds for you too ? I enter Disney World and see the ears for 3d show. SOMETIMES I have enough time to click a "world" but either way I shortly end up ' bouncing a round the earth' : Germany - Indiana- California for a few seconds then moves me somewhere else. Java update ? Anyone else have problem with it ? BTW, I checked and I have the latest java so that's not it. ================================= "John Sisker" wrote in message ... To Whom It May Concern: We received this information/press release from the trades/Walt Disney World Resort/Disney Cruise Line and thought it may be of interest to this newsgroup as well. Happy sailing... John Sisker - SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY (sm) (714) 536-3850 or toll-free at (800) 724-6644 & (Agency ID: 714.536.3850) www.shiptoshorecruise.com Walt Disney World Resort in 3D Takes Vacation Planning to New Heights as the Most Detailed 3D Rendering Within Google Earth to Date Once guests are immersed in the Walt Disney World in 3D experience, they can click on hotels and attractions like Spaceship Earth to access video and text pop-up's that provide more information to assist in travel planning. (Photo: Business Wire) BURBANK, Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is harnessing the power of Google EarthT to build an interactive, three-dimensional tour of Walt Disney World Resort that brings you one step closer to a true park experience. With direct links to Disney's online travel-planning tools, Walt Disney World Resort in 3D will re-invent how people plan and book vacations. Beginning today, Disney guests can use Google Earth, a program which offers a 3D digital model of the world, to virtually tour Walt Disney World's four theme parks, as well as its 22 hotels and resorts. An overview of Walt Disney World Resort in 3D, along with instructions on how to get started, can be found at www.disneyworld.com/3dparks. Existing Google Earth 4.3 users can see Walt Disney World Resort in 3D by enabling the "Gallery" folder within Google Earth, or by selecting any of the 3D buildings within the resort. "You know the phrase 'next best thing to being there'? Walt Disney World Resort in 3D is going to deliver on that," said Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. "Guests and travel planners can now explore our world with just a few clicks of a mouse, and they can book vacations while being immersed in what the destination has to offer." Disney's digital mapping project, Walt Disney World Resort in 3D, will become the ultimate online travel guide for Walt Disney World Resort, integrating the Google Earth 3D experience with the planning features of Disney.com. Whether guests book through the Disney reservation center, a travel agent or online, nearly nine out of ten Walt Disney World guests use the internet to plan their vacations and Walt Disney World Resort in 3D provides the latest technology available to enhance that experience. From Google Earth, guests and travel planners can click on images of their favorite attractions and hotels to purchase tickets, make reservations, and map out the vacation that is right for their families - in 3D and with the click of a mouse. Disneyworld.com visitors can view videos and other information about viewing Walt Disney World in 3D at www.disneyworld.com/3dparks. The depth and vivid detail of Walt Disney World Resort in 3D project makes this a unique, truly immersive experience within Google Earth. Visitors begin their virtual tour of Disney World with a stratospheric view of the globe, a starting point familiar to anyone who has ever used Google Earth. A skydive takes visitors past the flatlands of Florida to a view of the Seven Seas Lagoon in the Magic Kingdom. Guests can then fly through the streets and explore in and around the hotels and resorts, down Main Street to Cinderella Castle, from the heights of The Tower of Terror to base of the Tree of Life. To enter the virtual park: Download Google Earth 4.3 by visiting www.disneyworld.com/3dparks. Launch Google Earth and search for 'Disney World' Click the Gold Mickey Ears to open an info window. In the info window, click "Show Disney World in 3D." Now explore! "This is the most detailed 3D rendering undertaken within Google Earth to date," continued Rasulo. "The work done here will provide a professional counterpart to the wealth of Disney images and 3D models from around the world contributed by thousands of volunteers. The difference Walt Disney World Resort in 3D provides is one of scope and interaction." During the project's first phase, eight photographers worked for 10 days to shoot all the visible surfaces of Walt Disney World, including every building façade. A total 100,000 photos were taken in all; these became the start for some 1,500 3D models that populate the virtual tour. Walt Disney World Resort in 3D creates a new level of usability for vacation planners and makes detailed information about one of the world's foremost destinations available to Google Earth's 350 million users, furthering the Google Earth team's goal of recreating the world as it really is. About Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is where dreams come true and magic comes to life. This segment of The Walt Disney Company encompasses 11 theme parks at five of the world's leading family vacation destinations - Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Resort Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland. It also includes: Disney Cruise Line; Disney Vacation Club; Adventures by Disney; Disney Regional Entertainment, which operates the ESPN Zone sports dining and entertainment centers; World of Disney stores in New York, Orlando and Anaheim; and Walt Disney Imagineering, which creates and designs all Disney parks, resorts and attractions. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts had approximately $10 billion in revenues in fiscal 2006. More information about Disney Travel on Demand and all of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts can be found at www.DisneyParks.com. |
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Walt Disney World Resort Lands on Google Earth: the Next BestThing to Being There
Try reinstalling the program..........
--- http://www.moviesitearchive.com/travel On Aug 14, 9:42*am, "- Bobb -" wrote: Is it just me or does the new version of Google Earth not stop for more than a few seconds for you too ? I enter Disney World *and see the ears for 3d show. *SOMETIMES I have enough time to click a "world" but either way I shortly end up ' bouncing a round the earth' : *Germany - Indiana- California for a few seconds then moves me somewhere else. Java update ? Anyone else have problem with it ? |
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Walt Disney World Resort Lands on Google Earth: the Next Best Thing to Being There
It sounds like you have Sightseeing checked in the Places tab on the left
side of the screen. When I select all of the different presets and hit the play button, it does exactly as you described. There's a Stop Button next to the Play Button. Try clicking it to see if that would stop the changing of locations. alien "- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. "- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. Is it just me or does the new version of Google Earth not stop for more than a few seconds for you too ? I enter Disney World and see the ears for 3d show. SOMETIMES I have enough time to click a "world" but either way I shortly end up ' bouncing a round the earth' : Germany - Indiana- California for a few seconds then moves me somewhere else. Java update ? Anyone else have problem with it ? BTW, I checked and I have the latest java so that's not it. ================================= |
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Walt Disney World Resort Lands on Google Earth: the Next Best Thing to Being There
"alien" wrote in message
... It sounds like you have Sightseeing checked in the Places tab on the left side of the screen. When I select all of the different presets and hit the play button, it does exactly as you described. There's a Stop Button next to the Play Button. Try clicking it to see if that would stop the changing of locations. alien "- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. Is it just me or does the new version of Google Earth not stop for more than a few seconds for you too ? I enter Disney World and see the ears for 3d show. SOMETIMES I have enough time to click a "world" but either way I shortly end up ' bouncing a round the earth' : Germany - Indiana- California for a few seconds then moves me somewhere else. Java update ? Anyone else have problem with it ? BTW, I checked and I have the latest java so that's not it. ================================= I open it again - unchecked everything. Thanks. Sightseeing was not checked but whatever it was - now it at least doesn't change my screen. BUT when I select the gold ears and then ... Magic Kingdom, I see "text for " Magic Kingdom in 3D", but nothing "HAPPENS". I click that icon and shows the attractions. I click and maybe see photos but nothing anywhere is 3d. I thought I could "fly down Main Street" ? or along the walkway in Epcot ? Or a hotel ? Is this so I can have an aerial view of Epcot and pan left/right and has nothing to do with "being there" ? I thought I could do that before ? Just now they have prompts - is that it ? To review I see the Gold Ears. I added it to my places. It's the on box checked now. I click that link and see the "worlds". I pick one. Epcot I fly over to Epcot. I see blue and purple 'ears' in many places and at Spaceship earth entrance I see Epcot in 3D. I click that - it shows attractions ( test track - figment etc) I pick " Soarin' " I click Ears with 'Soarin' inside - I see a flat video - not like I'm there. Or is this so I can have an aerial view of Epcot and pan left/right and has nothing to do with "being there" ? If so , I guess I CAN do that and missed the point of the promo. |
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Walt Disney World Resort Lands on Google Earth: the Next BestThing to Being There
On Aug 15, 12:23*pm, "- Bobb -" wrote:
"alien" wrote in message ... It sounds like you have Sightseeing checked in the Places tab on the left side of the screen. *When I select all of the different presets and hit the play button, it does exactly as you described. *There's a Stop Button next to the Play Button. *Try clicking it to see if that would stop the changing of locations. alien "- Bobb -" wrote in message m... Is it just me or does the new version of Google Earth not stop for more than a few seconds for you too ? I enter Disney World *and see the ears for 3d show. *SOMETIMES I have enough time to click a "world" but either way I shortly end up ' bouncing a round the earth' : *Germany - Indiana- California for a few seconds then moves me somewhere else. Java update ? Anyone else have problem with it ? BTW, I checked and I have the latest java so that's not it. ================================= I open it again - unchecked everything. Thanks. Sightseeing was not checked but whatever it was - now it at least doesn't change my screen. BUT when I select the gold ears *and then ... Magic Kingdom, I see "text for " Magic Kingdom in 3D", but nothing "HAPPENS". I click that icon and shows the attractions. I click and maybe see photos but nothing anywhere is 3d. I thought I could "fly down Main Street" ? or along the walkway in Epcot ? Or a hotel ? Is this so I can have an aerial view of Epcot and pan left/right and has nothing to do with "being there" ? I thought I could do that before ? Just now they have prompts - is that it ? To review I see the Gold Ears. I added it to my places. It's the on box checked now. I click that link and see the "worlds". I pick one. Epcot I fly over to Epcot. I see blue and purple 'ears' in many places and at Spaceship earth entrance I see Epcot in 3D. I click that - it shows attractions ( test track - figment etc) I pick " *Soarin' *" I click Ears with 'Soarin' *inside - I see a flat video - not like I'm there. Or is this so I can have an aerial view of Epcot and pan left/right and has nothing to do with "being there" ? If so , *I guess I CAN do that and missed the point of the promo. What works for me is to double-click on the blue or purple or green ears. That will zoom you in and give you an aerial "3D" view. then just use the controls in the upper left of the screen to move around, or zoom in or out, or to change you angle of view. Jeff |
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Walt Disney World Resort Lands on Google Earth: the Next BestThing to Being There
On Aug 15, 1:33*pm, "jeff.sure" wrote:
On Aug 15, 12:23*pm, "- Bobb -" wrote: "alien" wrote in message . .. It sounds like you have Sightseeing checked in the Places tab on the left side of the screen. *When I select all of the different presets and hit the play button, it does exactly as you described. *There's a Stop Button next to the Play Button. *Try clicking it to see if that would stop the changing of locations. alien "- Bobb -" wrote in message m... Is it just me or does the new version of Google Earth not stop for more than a few seconds for you too ? I enter Disney World *and see the ears for 3d show. *SOMETIMES I have enough time to click a "world" but either way I shortly end up ' bouncing a round the earth' : *Germany - Indiana- California for a few seconds then moves me somewhere else. Java update ? Anyone else have problem with it ? BTW, I checked and I have the latest java so that's not it. ================================= I open it again - unchecked everything. Thanks. Sightseeing was not checked but whatever it was - now it at least doesn't change my screen. BUT when I select the gold ears *and then ... Magic Kingdom, I see "text for " Magic Kingdom in 3D", but nothing "HAPPENS". I click that icon and shows the attractions. I click and maybe see photos but nothing anywhere is 3d. I thought I could "fly down Main Street" ? or along the walkway in Epcot ? Or a hotel ? Is this so I can have an aerial view of Epcot and pan left/right and has nothing to do with "being there" ? I thought I could do that before ? Just now they have prompts - is that it ? To review I see the Gold Ears. I added it to my places. It's the on box checked now. I click that link and see the "worlds". I pick one. Epcot I fly over to Epcot. I see blue and purple 'ears' in many places and at Spaceship earth entrance I see Epcot in 3D. I click that - it shows attractions ( test track - figment etc) I pick " *Soarin' *" I click Ears with 'Soarin' *inside - I see a flat video - not like I'm there. Or is this so I can have an aerial view of Epcot and pan left/right and has nothing to do with "being there" ? If so , *I guess I CAN do that and missed the point of the promo. What works for me is to double-click on the blue or purple or green ears. That will zoom you in and give you an aerial "3D" view. then just use the controls in the upper left of the screen to move around, or zoom in or out, or to change you angle of view. Jeff I forgot to mention that if you zoom in close enough (using the + button, upper left), you'll be at street level and you can them "walk" around. |
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Walt Disney World Resort Lands on Google Earth: the Next BestThing to Being There
On Aug 15, 1:40*pm, "jeff.sure" wrote:
On Aug 15, 1:33*pm, "jeff.sure" wrote: On Aug 15, 12:23*pm, "- Bobb -" wrote: "alien" wrote in message . .. It sounds like you have Sightseeing checked in the Places tab on the left side of the screen. *When I select all of the different presets and hit the play button, it does exactly as you described. *There's a Stop Button next to the Play Button. *Try clicking it to see if that would stop the changing of locations. alien "- Bobb -" wrote in message m... Is it just me or does the new version of Google Earth not stop for more than a few seconds for you too ? I enter Disney World *and see the ears for 3d show. *SOMETIMES I have enough time to click a "world" but either way I shortly end up ' bouncing a round the earth' : *Germany - Indiana- California for a few seconds then moves me somewhere else. Java update ? Anyone else have problem with it ? BTW, I checked and I have the latest java so that's not it. ================================= I open it again - unchecked everything. Thanks. Sightseeing was not checked but whatever it was - now it at least doesn't change my screen. |
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